MODERN JAZZ QUARTET 35TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR (NTSC)

The Modern Jazz Quartet
35th Anniversary

John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Percy Heath (bass), Conny Kay (drums)


Picture Format: 4:3, 1 DVD
Sound Format: LPCM stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Running Time: 57 mins
Region Code: NTSC All
Recording Date: Zelt Musikfestival, Freiburg, Germany, 1987
Territory: Europe & USA, Canada (NOT for Asia, Middle East, Africa, Oceania, Central & Latin America)

Cat. No: DVWW-JMJQ35

AVAILABLE IN EUROPE, North & South America, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, DUBAI & SOUTH AFRICA

• A 1987 Freiburg concert from probably the longest-lived jazz group in the world
• MJQ recorded and performed on and off from 1952 up until 1995. The last surviving member of the Modern Jazz Quartet, Percy Heath, sadly died in 2005.
• John Lewis perfected the art of integrating elements of classical style, even inserting jazz content into apparently jazz-remote forms like fugue, without sacrificing his deep rootedness in the Afro-American tradition.
• Django, his "requiem" for Django Reinhardt featured on this DVD and probably his best-known number, is closer to a baroque largo than to gypsy swing and at the same time conveys deep blues, while his familiarity with Bach is evident in his suite A Day in Dubrovnik.